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Lethal accidents - Year 2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,108
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/27/2010Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
74 YOM DX HEAD INJURY - S/P FALL AFTER SLIPPING AT BEDSIDE AND HIT HEAD PTA.(DOA)
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/19/2010Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
84YOM FELL OUT OF BED TO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME SUSTAINED A CLOS ED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/15/2010Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
88YOF WALKING AT THE NURSING HOME SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE FLOOR HIT HEA D THEN WENT INTO CARSDIAC ARREST DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/12/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Snow skiing
19YOM WHILE SKIING LOST CONTROL HIT A WOODEN POST - NO HELMET - MASSIVE HEAD INJURY CAUSING DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/11/2010Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders, Floors or flooring materials
84YOM-CHI-PT UNRESPONSIVE-FELL FROM LADDER HITTING THE GARAGE FLOOR-@ H OME-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/23/2010Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
79YOF FELL OUT OF BED STRUCK HEAD ON THE FLOOR CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE CLOS ED HEAD INJURY DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/18/2010Age: 92 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
92 YOM FELL ON FLOOR OF BEDROOM AT NURSING CARE CENTER, EXPIRED IN THE EMER DEPT D/T SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, HAD HIT HEAD ON FLOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/10/2010Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Saws
71 M, PT WAS FOUND IN WOODS BY GRANDSON. PT HAD BEEN CUTTING WOOD WHEN HE WAS FOUND WITH TREE ONTOP OF HIM. DX. HEAD TRAUMA/ DOA, TYPE OF SAW?
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/14/2010Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Stairs or steps
79 YOM FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS.DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/11/2010Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
93 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/02/2010Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles, Ceilings and walls
14 YR M ON 4 WHEELER AND HIT BRICK WALL;DX CHI,DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/19/2010Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
72YOM-HEAD INJURY-CARDIAC ARREST-FELL OFF ROOF @ HOME-HIT DECK-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/18/2010Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
84 YOM FOUND ON BATHROOM FLOOR W/HEAD/FACIAL TRAUMA; UNRESPONSIVE DX**: MASSIVE MYOCARD INFARCTION,RENAL FAILURE-HEAD/FACIAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/05/2010Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
85 YOF FELL ON STEP COMING OUT OF RESTAURANT CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/03/2010Age: 0 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
ADULT MALE PT EJECTED ON 4WHEELER ACCIDENT, MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. DX E D DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/28/2010Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
52 YOM WAS DRIVING GO-CART IN BOAT YARD AND BOAT FELL ON TOP OF HIM CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/21/2010Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Motorized vehicles
73YOM IN A MOTORIZED SCOOTER INVALID ASSISTED MOBILITY DEVICE CROSSING THE STREET STRUCK BY A CAR SKULL FRACTURE DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/15/2010Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Car seats, Counters or countertops
7 MO F FELL IN CARSEAT OFF COUNTER;DX CHI, DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/08/2010Age: 0 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mopeds or power-assisted cycles
(AGE N/S) MALE- EXPIRED- MOPED VS. CAR WRECK
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/15/2010Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
38 YOM WAS RIDING BIKE AND STRUCK BY A CAR DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/12/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
DX DIZZINESS/NAUSEA W/ VOMITING: 48YOM WLKG DWN STAIRS. C/O DIZZINESS, +NASUSEA, +EMESIS X2, WEAK. TYPICAL CP, MILD LOWER ABD' PN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/28/2010Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
66YOM, CAME BACK FROM DIALYSIS, DIDN'T FEEL WELL, WENT TO BATHROOM&WIFE HEARD A THUD&FD HIM DOWN ONTO THE FLOOR>>HEAD LAC/CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/18/2010Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials, Tables
89 YOM FOUND ON FLOOR IN BEDROOM, UNRESPONSIVE. LIGHT KNOCKED OFF TABLE DX: SEVERE CHI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/11/2010Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baseball
39 YOF HIT IN R SIDE OF HEAD W/BASEBALL AT BASEBALL GAME, +LOCDX: TRAU MATIC BRAIN INJURY, BRAIN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/08/2010Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
72 YO M FELL DOWN 30 STEPS, HIT HEAD AT HOME, WIFE FOUND UNRESPONSIVE. DX HEAD INJURY, ED DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/07/2010Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
82 YOM FELL OUT OF BED AT NURSING HOME. DX: RIB FX'S, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, POSS PNEUMONIA INFILTRATE, RESP ARRE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/06/2010Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
72 YO M FELL DOWN STEPS, HIT HEAD. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY, TRAUMA ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/31/2010Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
30 YO M, FOUND BY EMS AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS FACE DOWN, NON-RESPONSIVE, VO MIT, NOT ABLE TO BE REVIVED, DX ETOH INTOXICATION, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/30/2010Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
44 YOF FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/30/2010Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
83 YOM SYNCOPE AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINOCLOSED HEAD INJURY, EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/28/2010Age: 97 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
97 YOF FELL ONTO TILE FLOOR AT NURSING HOME. DX: SCALP LAC, CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/21/2010Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps, Doors
11MOM PLAYING ON ENCLOSED FRONT PORCH AT HOME, FELL OUT DOOR THAT SWING S IN, FELL ON CONCRETE STEPS, LOC; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/27/2010Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Asian
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tables
62 YR OLD CHINESE MALE FOUND SLUMPED OVER AT DINNER TABLE,UNRESPONSIVE, INTUBATED AT SCENE,HAD HEAD BLEED AND DIED AFTER ARRIVING IN ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/26/2010Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
83YOF FELL IN THE SHOWER IN THE NURSING HOME STRUCK HEAD THEN FOUND UNR ESPONSIVE BY STAFF CLOSED HEAD INJURY CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/19/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
20YOM FELL TO THE FLOOR FOUND IN A MASSIVE POOL OF BLOOD LACERATION SCA LP DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/13/2010Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Ceilings and walls
CARDIAC ARREST-17YOM-CHI-TRIPPED ON A RUG-FELL-HEAD HIT A BRICK WALL-@ CIVIC CENTER-PT UNRESPONSIVE-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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